how to say “debut” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? הָאֲתַר בִּבְנִיָּה visit us on Facebook! The basic Hebrew word for place is מָקוֹם , while the word site – אֲתַר – is borrowed from Aramaic, where it is the basic word for place. אתר is used in Modern Hebrew to refer to a site, including a website. To build is לִבְנוֹת ,…
לִגְלוֹשׁ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגלוש-1.mp3″ /] Suppose you’re on a weekend getaway in Netanya, Israel, which is situated on the beach. And suppose you like to surf – לִגְלוֹשׁ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגלוש-1.mp3″ /]. You might ask the man selling falafel on the boardwalk: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לגלוש-2.mp3″ /]אֵיפֹה אֶפְשָׁר לִגְלוֹשׁ? Where can I surf? לגלוש is used not only for surfing the…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/למשוך-1.m4a” /]לִמְשׁוֹךְ To pull might include pulling something physical, such as a door with a sign on it: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/למשוך-2.m4a” /]משוך! Pull! …or something non-physical such as attention – to attract. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/למשוך-3.m4a” /]היא מושכת את תשומת הלב של כולם. She attracts everyone’s attention. Thus attraction is משיכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/למשוך-4.m4a” /]… as in gravity, as…
The root of this one comes from גֶּשֶׁם (GEH-shem), the Hebrew word for rain. To make it rain – or, to make something materialize is לְהַגְשִׁים (le-hahg-SHEEM). For example, הַחֲלוּצִים הִגְשִׁימוּ אֶת חֲלוֹמָם (hah-khah-loo-TSEEM heeg-SHEE-moo et khah-loh-MAHM) – the pioneers made their dream come true (literally, realized their dream). This is the הפעיל (heef-EEL)…